Tag-tacking machine.



L. BLUMENTHAL.

TAG TACKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED .IULV t8. I9I6.

Patented 0015.30, 1917.

- l inventor: I by louzzumzal D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS IBLUMENTHAL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESN E ASSIGNMENTS, TO GEORGE HAMMEL, .OF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY.

TAG-TACKING MACHINE.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

Application led July 18, 1916. Serial No. 109,897.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS` BLUMENTHAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York have invented new and useful Improvements in Tag-Tacking Machines, of

l which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine in which the staples are automatically fed forward, and by the operation of Va plunger a staple is forced to pierce a tag, thereby tackmg it onto a barrel or other receptacle.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide novel means for feeding the staples forward, so that one at a time will be in a line with the plunger to facilitate, driving of the staples. The invention permits the use of a large magazine for the staples with a comparatively small space to mount the actuating devices for movingthe staples forward.

The invention comprehends means carried by the casing for housing the retrograde devices associated with the plunger, and an opening the front of the casing to afford means for adjusting the devices. The casing yis practically 'made in two sections so that `when any Vof the parts become disarranged the cover which forms one section can be conveniently removed to expose all the mechanism.

The novel features of the inventionare more fully described in the following speciication and claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a machine embodying this invention showing the cover removed.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken along the line y y of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4` is an inverted plan view of the forward portion of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a detailed section taken along the i line a a of Fig. 1.

In this drawing the letter a designates a casing which is provided with a handle b l extending from the rear upper portion of the casing. A plate 0 adapted to cover the mechanism is fastened by means of screws d to the casing. At the lower part of the casing is located a ledge e for supporting a guide bar f fastened to the ledge by screws g coacting` with the casing. The bar exends from the forward to the rear part of the casing and it serves a's a magazine for mounting a number of staples 71, straddling the bar and adapted to be fed forward one by one as hereinafter described. A slide i coacts with the bar to force forwardly the staples, one of which is moved into a slot j extending to the'base of the casing. The slide is provided with a lug c projecting upwardly from the rear of the slide. A coiled spring m has one end secured to the lug and 1 the other end fastened to the stud n fixed to the casing. A chain pull'o can be utilized to force the slide backward when it is de-v lower portion of the plunger and a collar u l lim-its the retrograde movement of the plunger. In this device the blade coperates with the said slot j and when the plunger is pushed downward the blade will drive thepointed ends of the staple registering with the blade into the work. The `1nvention is preferably adapted for forclng the staple to pierce a tag and be driven into a box cover to `firmly hold the tag. The forward rim portions of the casing and cover `opposite the screw s each have a vsemicircular opening to form a cylindrical opening fv for the insertion of a screw driver to adjust the fastening of the blade. In the lower portioni of the forward end of the casing and cover is located an elongated opemng w partly formed inthe. rim of the cover and casing to give access to the slot y when any of the staples get stuck or clogged or do not feed properly. Flanges projecting from the'cover and the casing prevent upward movement of the staples and sliding device. It will be seen that all the devices for moving the staples forward and the plunger with its spring for driving the staples are all assembled in the casing. The cover merely prevents any lateral displacement of the devices, and excludes dirt from the casing and the actuating devices; all of which including the spring for retracting the plunger are in the casing.

A stapling machine comprising a casing having a rim, a cover provided with a correspondingrim tted on to the casing, a staple guide bar secured in the lower portion of the casing, a slide coacting withthe bar for pushing the staples forward, a coiled spring connected to the slide and the casing, a plurality of idler rollers disposed on a line inclined at an acute angle to the guide bar and mounted above the slide in the casing to LOUIS BLUMENTHAL.

Witnesses: 1

WM. E. WARLAND, 

